diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp
index 6df54742c..3c4201492 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ void FullScreenDialog::setVisible(const bool visible)
     if (m_view->isVisible() != visible) {
         m_view->setVisible(visible);
         if (visible) {
+            unsigned long state = NET::Sticky | NET::StaysOnTop | NET::KeepAbove | NET::SkipTaskbar | NET::SkipPager | NET::MaxVert | NET::MaxHoriz;
             m_view->setVisible(visible);
+            KWindowSystem::setState(m_view->effectiveWinId(), state);
             m_view->raise();
         }
     }
diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/plasmacomponentsplugin.cpp b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/plasmacomponentsplugin.cpp
index f74046b9c..615cfe845 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/plasmacomponentsplugin.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/plasmacomponentsplugin.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void PlasmaComponentsPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
 
         qmlRegisterType<QMenuProxy>(uri, 0, 1, "Menu");
         qmlRegisterType<QMenuItem>(uri, 0, 1, "MenuItem");
+    //on touch systems the dialog is fullscreen, c++ needed to do that
     } else {
         qmlRegisterType<FullScreenDialog>(uri, 0, 1, "Dialog");
     }